Six buses burned in huge fire after travel agency employee drops cigarette in one vehicle

Six buses were burned in a huge fire after a travel agency employee threw a cigarette inside one vehicle in Northern China.

The video, filmed in the city of Xinzhou in Shanxi Province on May 10, shows a row of six buses being engulfed in flames with thick smoke rising into the air. Firefighters can be seen using a water hose to try to put out the fire on the site.

According to reports, a travel agency employee named Liu threw a cigarette inside a bus after smoking and left the vehicle.

After around four minutes, smoke and flames started to emerge from the bus and the fire spread to ignite five other buses.